noun:

• unidentified craft said to have washed ashore in Ibaraki Prefecture during the Edo period (sometimes alleged to have been a UFO)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to bow (in great numbers) to a greater authority; to be drawn (en masse) to something attractive; even the plants yield [literal] - idiom

noun:

• rivalry over winning the right to host an event; competition to lure (attract, invite) (institutions, manufacturing facilities, foreign tourists, etc.) to a locality - four character idiom

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope)
• to become less tense; to relax; to let one's guard down
• to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax
• to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression); (of ice) to partially melt
• to decrease (e.g. speed)
• (of a market price) to go down slightly

noun:

• losing initiative; being forestalled ➜ 先手【せんて】
• second move (in go or shogi); moving second; person with the second move
• rear guard ➜ 後詰め

noun:

• reporter assigned to cover a particular person in order to get the most up-to-date information; beat reporter

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to get up (e.g. from bed)
• to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life

noun:

• obsession with radiation effects (esp. after the 2011 tsunami and Fukushima reactor problems); person obsessed with radiation; radiation brain [literal] - humorous term - colloquialism

noun:

• picture-matching (with card games, etc.); matching pictures
• picture-matching contest (popular in the Heian period); e-awase

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents)
• to tell frankly; to confess

adjective:

• low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.) Antonym: 高い・高い
• low (position); close to the ground
• short (height)
• deep (voice); in a low key; low (volume)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to miss (a train, bus, etc.)
• to fail to keep up with (e.g. the times); to be left behind by

noun:

• stealing a car by rear-ending it lightly and having a friend jump in and drive off after the driver gets out - slang

noun:

• coloring fabric by placing a paper stencil over it and brushing on the dye; fabric colored in such a manner - obscure term

particle:

• particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.)

noun:

• Shunkei lacquerware; lacquerware created using transparent lacquer on yellow- or red-stained wood, allowing the natural wood grain to be seen

noun:

• courteous language (i.e. humble language in which an action or object is not directed toward the listener or a third party) ➜ 謙譲語ＩＩ

noun:

• gratuitous scene inserted in a narrative (in anime, etc.); scene designed purely to excite or titillate the viewer - From English "service cut"

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to pass (the night); to spend ➜ 語り明かす
• to reveal; to divulge; to disclose; to expose
• to prove; to verify ➜ 証す【あかす】

noun:

• The Golden Rule ("do unto others as you would have them do unto you") ➜ 金科玉条

noun:

• tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)
• blister beetle; oil beetle - colloquialism ➜ 土斑猫

noun / ~の noun:

• one's face turning pale (ashen); the color being drained from one's face - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to steer a ship
• to manage; to take command; to take the helm

expression / godan ~ぐ verb:

• to add fuel to the fire; to make things worse; to stir things up - idiom

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to bail out the ocean with a teaspoon; to scoop water with a basket [literal] - idiom